# Giant Song Database Cross Referenced By Theme???

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-song-database-cross-referenced-by-theme/415056
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 9, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-song-database-cross-referenced-by-theme/415056 "2007-08-09T19:01:06Z")
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### Author: ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-song-database-cross-referenced-by-theme/415056/1 "2007-08-09T19:01:06Z")

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I’m hoping this exists, it must exist, right? I did some searching and nothing popped out at me. Well, nothing on the first page at least. And I feel silly because I pitted lazy google searchers not too long ago. But, Im looking to put together a playlist organised by themes, is there an ultimate be all end all database someone has put together out there, cross referenced by song theme? I’m not talking like 200 songs, i mean the real deal!

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### Author: ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-song-database-cross-referenced-by-theme/415056/2 "2007-08-10T20:37:26Z")

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Pandora?

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### Author: ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-song-database-cross-referenced-by-theme/415056/3 "2007-08-10T20:57:24Z")

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you might try [Broadjam.com](http://Broadjam.com). By no means exhaustive, but it allows potential licensors of music to search by artist, theme, key, genre etc etc.

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### Author: ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2007, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-song-database-cross-referenced-by-theme/415056/4 "2007-08-11T05:59:11Z")

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What exactly do you mean by theme?

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### Author: ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2007, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-song-database-cross-referenced-by-theme/415056/5 "2007-08-11T08:37:40Z")

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Thanks, Ill check those out,

Senor, what I’m looking for is a huge selection songs about death and songs about sex, so I can select a handful of really diverse ones (not looking for really well known songs).

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### Author: ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2007, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-song-database-cross-referenced-by-theme/415056/6 "2007-08-11T09:34:20Z")

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Have you tried [allmusic.com](http://allmusic.com)? They have an enormous database, and every song has various “mood” descriptors.